Rima Elkouri

Last updated October 17, 2025

Rima Elkouri is a Canadian journalist and writer.^[1] She is most noted for her novel Manam, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize in 2022.^[2]

A journalist and columnist for La Presse , she first published Manam in French in 2019.^[3] with the English translation by Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott following in fall 2021.^[4]

References

↑ Nikky Manfredi, "Rima Elkouri's novel Manam is a tribute to her grandmother and forgotten women in history". CBC Books, October 29, 2022.
↑ "Two translated titles among finalists for $60,000 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize". The Globe and Mail , September 14, 2022.
↑ "Le roman Manam, de Rima Elkouri : le devoir de mémoire". Ici Radio-Canada Première, October 30, 2019.
↑ "65 Canadian works of fiction to watch for in fall 2021". CBC Books, August 12, 2021.

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[1] Nikky Manfredi, "Rima Elkouri's novel Manam is a tribute to her grandmother and forgotten women in history". CBC Books, October 29, 2022.

[2] "Two translated titles among finalists for $60,000 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize". The Globe and Mail , September 14, 2022.

[3] "Le roman Manam, de Rima Elkouri : le devoir de mémoire". Ici Radio-Canada Première, October 30, 2019.

[4] "65 Canadian works of fiction to watch for in fall 2021". CBC Books, August 12, 2021.

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